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The unique 10 ICU Bed kit is standardized and includes beds, medical equipment and installation support. Mission ICU, a social initiative working exclusively towards building critical care infrastructure in the tier 2 towns and rural parts of India, has completed the installation of 100 ICU beds in 10 months. In February 2022 itself, they embarked […]
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“The budget has touched upon two significant parts of the healthcare ecosystem that will deliver a long-term positive impact on the health and wellbeing of the people of our nation,” Dr Ashwin Naik The budget has touched upon two significant parts of the healthcare ecosystem that will deliver a long-term positive impact on the health […]
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Low levels of education and lack of awareness among the rural population results in people holding on to archaic superstitions. round 65% of the country’s population resides in rural areas. Yet, the critical healthcare infrastructure in rural areas falls way short of urban areas. Only 37% of the beds in government hospitals are concentrated in […]
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Post pandemic it is imperative that we do away with the piecemeal approach and take effective measures to stabilize the healthcare system in villages Access to decent healthcare facilities is a basic right of every individual. But it wouldn’t be far-fetched to say that for a majority of our country’s population – the 65% that […]
India’s rural health infrastructure, which is hit by shortage of equipment and ICU beds, will now be strengthened by Mission ICU, a collaborative social initiative of CHD Group. This public health organization, holding UN ECOSOC Special Consultative Status, is supported by volunteers across the country. Mission ICU is building healthcare capacity in small towns and […]
A 500-year old dargah (Islamic shrine) in Unava, Gujarat, is today the site of a quirky merger of faith healing and modern psychiatry. For centuries, local legend has credited the Hazrat Saiyed Ali Mira Datar dargah with the power to cure various mental illnesses. But since 2008, the dargah’s mujavars (traditional healers) have been trained by experts […]
More Attention, No Institutional Mechanism For every million people in India, there are just three psychiatrists, and even fewer psychologists, according to a 2015 WHO report. Mental health professionals discontinuing appointments during the lockdown compounded the problem for patients. Add to that the stress and anxiety from job losses, loan defaults, and the general uncertainty. […]
Nine out of ten employees are apprehensive and anxious about their return to workplace and are worried about their health and safety. This was recently revealed by a survey conducted by health-tech community product FYI and MindMap Advance Research. As we enter the last phase of lockdown and enter the unlock phase 1, the most […]
Cases of mental illness have risen by 20% in India since the country went into lockdown. Only through local, community-based responses will India find the capacity to cope with this unfolding crisis. Here are three evidence-based approaches that can unlock the power of communities in this fight. India witnessed the largest containment experiment in history, […]
Microsoft co-founder (and the world’s richest man) Mr. Bill Gates was recently in India to explore, learn and be updated about innovations happening in the healthcare and agricultural sectors with some private sector companies. During the course of his visit, Mr. Gates met up with healthcare leaders of the likes of Dr. Naveen Nishchal (Chairman […]